Anna's POV
He's getting worse. Renee's already scared but I'm watching. It stopped. He's breathing normally again but he's a hound now. He can't speak but he can talk via mind. The art of telepathy, I could feel the waves coming from his chest.
"Renee take the bracelet and wear it on his wrist." He said. Renee walked towards the bracelet, she took it from the red box with her eyes still on it. She walked towards Cam and wore it on his wrist. He turned to a human immediately.
Renee turned and stared at the shadow, she asked, "Me?"
"Yes, you." It replied.
She stood, she took the bracelet. She wore it on her wrist. Her eyes turn to a gold then back to brown. Her powers were activated almost immediately.
"Now Anna take yours, the amulet will help you catch souls into it. That sends them straight to hell. The box trash soul protectors or enemies in hell till you let them out, the gun?"
She replied, "To kill the body, so the soul escaped."
"Good, never let a soul escape or else it haunts."
She took them and put them in her clothing. "Anna, your knives?" The mistress said.
"For tearing the body and allowing the souls to flow to hell." I replied.
"Good, I'm impressed." Lord said.
"Thank you sir."
"No, call me your lord."
"I'm sorry, thank you, my lord."
"Good, I'm sure we'll get along properly."
The mistress moves close to him to whisper, we can't hear it. Good enough Cam's already sitting. She stood properly, "Listen, your first assignment happens tonight, you'll work with different people."
He continued, "Anna as a soul bringer, you'll meet a new hound and a new collector. Renee as a soul collector, you'll meet a new hound and a new bringer. Cam as a hound, you'll meet a new collector and a new bringer."
She continued, "By 8am I'll hand you your assignments."
"Good day."
We echo back, "Good day mistress."
"You may leave." The lord said.
We respond. "Thank you, my lord."
We walked out of the room, her too. "Now you'll go to the room at the last door, on the third floor. At the left building."
"Mistress?" That was Renee.
"Yes, Renee?"
"When we kill, will the spirit haunt us?"
"No they can't, after all, they already sold their souls. So forget them."
"Will we receive money after all this?"
"Yes, lots of it."
"Like how much."
"Well, a soul bringer gets like $50,000. For a soul brought. Soul collectors get $70,000 for a soul and a hound gets $100,000 for a soul. The thing is the family collectors are the richest, they get at least $200,000 for a soul. So when one dies with a family of six or five or even four. You know you're rich."
The three of us hear this and of course it sounds like a good idea to us.
"Why do we change locations?" Cam asked.
"So the people around don't suspect too much. You must be alert, most times you'll sleep at hotels or motels whatsoever. Most of the debtors are always there. Most of the work happens at night, not really day. That's why the hound moves with you. They help you smell out debtors, easily."
"Thank you mistress."
"You're welcome."
Cam asked, "Mistress?"
"Yes, Cam?"
"Well I wondered about something some time ago? What do hounds eat? Also what do we avoid? What can kill us?"
"Well you can at normal food like humans but when you're in your hound form, you take blood. Why? Because your job is to tear the throats of debtors if the bringer or collectors fails to get to them. Furthermore, you must avoid any form of iron, especially bullets. Keep in mind, a lot of killings happened last decade. Hunters are on the lookout for hounds, one shot and you're dead. If not dead, you're weak."
"Thank you, mistress."
"No problem."
We walk to the third floor, we're getting close to our room. "Anna no questions before I leave you?"
"Well, I wanted to ask?"
"Ask?"
"When will the killing stop and also that man sitting. Is he dead or just a shadow?"
"He's alive, he's the lord and also the killing never stops till you die."
"Where will we go?"
"Hell." My heart dropped.
So she knows she'll go to hell but she doesn't want to change? Who does that? One way or the other I believe everything has a beginning and an end. Some are sweet and others are worse than sour. I'll know there is another way out of the cult.
But how and where?
"We're here."
It's a bigger room, not as big as the other one but big enough.
"See you at 7:45am." She disappeared into the thin air. We flinch a little. I open the door, I see no one inside.
Cam walked in first, "You guys, we need a plan."
Renee goes in second, I don't know why I'm still standing but I just walk in anyway. "This room looks like a bigger prison, Anna please lock that door."
"Alright."
"So I said we need a plan."
"For?" And Cam stares at Renee.
"To escape from the oaths and cults."
"Why? We're already here, so?"
"Renee, this is not a freaking joke."
"Am I laughing? No. But let me tell you this, I look forward to cutting mom's heart out."
"Renee I look forward to leaving this place as soon as possible. I want to tear Peter and Aaron apart."
I just laugh, and they turn to me. "I'll take dad and the mistress."
Cam smiled at that, and Renee too. Cam uttered, "So now we're all serial killers."
"Almost, till 8am and beyond." Cam tried to amuse us.
We laugh.
Time to relax, Renee asked, "So what's next after this life of killing? We just go to hell like that or is someone having a backup plan?"
"To?"
"Kill the lord."
Cam took his gaze to her the second time, "Watch your volume and words, I believe he can hear you."
"I don't care, I've got a lot on my chest to handle."
"Keep them within your fucking chest."
Renee said, "Or what?" Cam's silent staring at her.
"Nothing, after all, we'll live separately. If you die, we'll never know." Cam said.
"Same to you." She returned the favour.